House

Parent Place or Precinct

26335 Hamersley Road Group Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

The Hamersley Road Group heritage area is of:
Aesthetic Value
• As an aesthetically pleasing streetscape with a strong identifiable character, featuring an avenue of mature street trees, which frame views of the largely intact Federation and Inter War residences.
• For its collection of many good, representative examples of Federation and Inter War cottages and villas which collectively illustrate a range and evolution of detailing between the 1890s and the 1940s.
• For the cohesive streetscape created by a limited palette of materials and styles.
Historic Value
• As a representative collection of houses that illustrate the scale and standard of housing for the homes of unskilled workers to semi-professional and tradespeople, in the early twentieth century.
• For the evidence it provides about the manner in which the residence of semi-professional and tradespeople existed alongside the residences of working people and employees.
• For its association with the subdivision and rapid settlement of the area from the 1890s to the 1920s which demonstrates the rapid change of the district in the gold boom period and shortly thereafter.
Representativeness
• As a good representative collection of early twentieth century housing developed within walking distance of transport and services.
Physical Form in the Public Realm
• The houses, which (with the exception of two modern dwellings) were developed predominantly in the period 1898 to 1921, (and one in 1946) have largely retained their original external detailing and form. The defined period and nature of development has resulted in a consistent palette of materials and form, enlivened by diversity of individual details, with a cohesive streetscape.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and terracotta tile residence that has been extended to the rear.

The roof is predominantly gabled with a complex hipped form to the rear, clad in terracotta tiles with terracotta finials to the apex of the gables. A rendered chimney with terracotta honeypot flue is located to the eastern side of the roof.

The façade presents in an asymmetrical planform with a projecting wing to the western side of the elevation, a slightly projecting central section with the main entrance and the recessed section of the elevation. The roof to the main section of the house is gabled with a separate smaller gable to the projecting wing. The finish to the main gable is roughcast render and shingle to the smaller gable the feature is just roughcast render.

The façade has roughcast render to the upper section of the elevation and fairfaced brick with tuckpointing to the lower section on the recessed portion of the façade. The lower section of elevation to the projecting wing has been rendered with a stone dado, painted the same colour as the roughcast render.

The windows to the projecting bay consist of a bank of three timber framed openings, each window being a 2-over-1 sash. Multi-paned French windows have been installed on the recessed section of the elevation.

The entrance comprises a timber and glazed panelled door with side lights and fanlights.

The verandah extends across the recessed sections of the elevations, with a tiled skillion canopy supported on decorative timber posts on top of a masonry balustrade and piers. The deck is painted concrete.

A driveway extends along the east boundary of the property. The garden is enclosed by low stone wall with high piers and palisade metal panels. The garden is minimally planted creating an open vista to the property.

History

This portion of Hamersley Road was subdivided for residential lots in 1892. However the lots were not taken up rapidly. In 1898, lots in Hamersley Road were advertised for £35.

This lot was vacant until the construction of a residence in c1925 and the first occupant was Edward Raymond Brawn (c1876-1972). Edward Brawn was a fruiterer, and later a produce merchant. Edward and his wife Catherine Elizabeth, nee Singleton, settled in the house but sadly Catherine died in 1927, aged 50. Edward lived on at the house until at least the late 1960s before his death in 1972 aged 96.

The Post Office Directories do record other people living at the property during this period however it seems that Edward Brawn owned the property and others may have lived there during his ownership. The PO Directories list the following occupants:
• 1927 – 1940/41 Edward Brawn
• 1942/43 – 1947 Mrs Inglis
• 1949 L Braund

Aerial photographs indicate that the residence had a simple skillion roofed addition across the rear of the building. A small building, probably washhouse, was located near the rear of the main residence in 1965.

Integrity/Authenticity

Slight alteration has occurred to the finishes of the façade which have some impact on the authenticity of the presentation of the place.

Condition

Good

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